Hospitalizations and deaths due to respiratory illnesses during influenza seasons: A comparison of community residents, senior housing residents, and nursing home residents

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Menec, Verena H ^a   MacWilliam, Leonard ^a   Aoki, Fred Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON;

EID: 0036785357     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.10.M629     Document Type: Article

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